Sunday, September 30, 2007

Resume tips

The article that I found interesting was the tips on how to avoid looking like you're a job hopper.

Apparently many companies will look at a resume and, if the person has had too many jobs in a short period, will think twice about giving them a job. This makes sense because they don't want to give someone a job that's only going to be there for a short term.

The article is well written and gives several good tips on how to avoid putting yourself in this situation. Some of these tips include: defining yourself in a statement, creating coherence between hops, including involuntary hops, and writing a hybrid resume.

The point I found most interesting is writting a hybrid resume. I had never thought of this before, but it makes sense to list your skills and then name the jobs you've had that they apply to. Instead of writing all of your previous employments down this is a good way to let potential empoyers know what skills you have and not seem like you switch jobs every few months.

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